Title: Ready Player One
Author: Ernest Cline
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre Type: Sci-Fiction
Publication Date: August 16, 2011
Publisher: Random House
Format: Paperback
Pages: 372 pages
Source: Barnes and Noble, Bought
Author: Ernest Cline
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre Type: Sci-Fiction
Publication Date: August 16, 2011
Publisher: Random House
Format: Paperback
Pages: 372 pages
Source: Barnes and Noble, Bought
My Review:
5/5 Geek Points
Ok so for all the noobs that are not aware of this insanely popular book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline here is a brief description on what this amazing read is about.
We are in 2044 and the world is in ruin, fossil fuels and inflation have brought most of the population to poverty and the only escape is through a worldwide reality gaming network called the OASIS. The OASIS was created by one James Halliday, a world renowned game designer and all round computer nerd. (We all know about being computer nerds, being a geek and all) The OASIS allows its players to leave the real world around them and 'jack into' a virtual world inside the game. Within the game you can choose your own name, gender, appearance, sex, race, the possibilities are endless and as for the game itself you can visit anywhere you can imagine from Tolkien's Middle Earth to a Death Star. (Totally going to see if they have a Magic: The Gathering year round completion and then may visit the world of Tron) Although it is free to enter OASIS it still requires money or credits to pay for things such as weapons, travel and clothing.
Although most people use the OASIS to escape the horror of their real lives there is also another incentive. On the day of James Halliday's death a message was broadcast to all users of the OASIS telling them that his vast fortune (in the billions) was hidden in the game somewhere and the first person to find it would receive it all plus ownership of the OASIS - very Charlie and the Chocolate factory. To find this illusive treasure they must first find three keys (the jade, the emerald, and the crystal keys) that in turn open three gates, thus leading them to the fortune. This became known as 'Halliday's Easter Egg' hunt. (Totally cool right, I would so hunt for those keys and win a fortune)
So of course most of the story is set in the virtual reality world of the OASIS, and that is where we are introduced to the main character Wade Watts or 'Parzival' as his gaming avatar is named, an eighteen year old uber yet classic geek, who spends most of his days plugged into the OASIS, his main goal being to find Halliday's Easter Egg. For five years (I know it’s a long time but when the first video game easter egg in 1979 by Atari came out, the first person to find it was three months down the road so yeah and they weren’t winning anything so… it stands to reason that billions are worth hiding well) since Halliday's death no gunter/“egg hunter” or sixer/”IOI” has found any clue as to where the first 'key' was hidden, this is until ‘Parzival’ suddenly shoots to the top of the scoreboard on Halliday's website. He has found the first key.
From then on the story centers on Wade's hunt for the egg. But he has enemies; the demonic company 'Innovative Online Industries' is obsessed with not only finding the egg but killing anyone who gets in their way. IOI wishes to win the fortune and take control of the OASIS so they can charge monthly fees to anyone who wishes to play.
So okay this description was not brief but it was intriguing right? If you are lover for video game, the 80’s, cool retro movies and music, or just a total geek this book is for you. There is something for all, memories, knowledge, laughter, love, adventure, secrets and surprise. Cline’s description of the world is in depth and at time a bit annoying due to the fact that everything has to be explained but I guess that in 60 to 70 years from now no one will understand half if any of the things in this book. Of course by then I am hoping that we can just download any information we want right into our brains like a jpeg on a computer or phone.
I absolutely loved this read. It was fun and thrilling and kept me entertain through every page. I can’t wait for Cline’s new book Armada which comes out in July of this year. I know I will be waiting right in front of my local book store to get my copy.
This is Geek Boy saying thanks and till the next read.
5/5 Geek Points
Ok so for all the noobs that are not aware of this insanely popular book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline here is a brief description on what this amazing read is about.
We are in 2044 and the world is in ruin, fossil fuels and inflation have brought most of the population to poverty and the only escape is through a worldwide reality gaming network called the OASIS. The OASIS was created by one James Halliday, a world renowned game designer and all round computer nerd. (We all know about being computer nerds, being a geek and all) The OASIS allows its players to leave the real world around them and 'jack into' a virtual world inside the game. Within the game you can choose your own name, gender, appearance, sex, race, the possibilities are endless and as for the game itself you can visit anywhere you can imagine from Tolkien's Middle Earth to a Death Star. (Totally going to see if they have a Magic: The Gathering year round completion and then may visit the world of Tron) Although it is free to enter OASIS it still requires money or credits to pay for things such as weapons, travel and clothing.
Although most people use the OASIS to escape the horror of their real lives there is also another incentive. On the day of James Halliday's death a message was broadcast to all users of the OASIS telling them that his vast fortune (in the billions) was hidden in the game somewhere and the first person to find it would receive it all plus ownership of the OASIS - very Charlie and the Chocolate factory. To find this illusive treasure they must first find three keys (the jade, the emerald, and the crystal keys) that in turn open three gates, thus leading them to the fortune. This became known as 'Halliday's Easter Egg' hunt. (Totally cool right, I would so hunt for those keys and win a fortune)
So of course most of the story is set in the virtual reality world of the OASIS, and that is where we are introduced to the main character Wade Watts or 'Parzival' as his gaming avatar is named, an eighteen year old uber yet classic geek, who spends most of his days plugged into the OASIS, his main goal being to find Halliday's Easter Egg. For five years (I know it’s a long time but when the first video game easter egg in 1979 by Atari came out, the first person to find it was three months down the road so yeah and they weren’t winning anything so… it stands to reason that billions are worth hiding well) since Halliday's death no gunter/“egg hunter” or sixer/”IOI” has found any clue as to where the first 'key' was hidden, this is until ‘Parzival’ suddenly shoots to the top of the scoreboard on Halliday's website. He has found the first key.
From then on the story centers on Wade's hunt for the egg. But he has enemies; the demonic company 'Innovative Online Industries' is obsessed with not only finding the egg but killing anyone who gets in their way. IOI wishes to win the fortune and take control of the OASIS so they can charge monthly fees to anyone who wishes to play.
So okay this description was not brief but it was intriguing right? If you are lover for video game, the 80’s, cool retro movies and music, or just a total geek this book is for you. There is something for all, memories, knowledge, laughter, love, adventure, secrets and surprise. Cline’s description of the world is in depth and at time a bit annoying due to the fact that everything has to be explained but I guess that in 60 to 70 years from now no one will understand half if any of the things in this book. Of course by then I am hoping that we can just download any information we want right into our brains like a jpeg on a computer or phone.
I absolutely loved this read. It was fun and thrilling and kept me entertain through every page. I can’t wait for Cline’s new book Armada which comes out in July of this year. I know I will be waiting right in front of my local book store to get my copy.
This is Geek Boy saying thanks and till the next read.
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About This Author:
ERNEST CLINE has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. His primary occupation, however, has always been geeking out, and he eventually threw aside those other promising career paths to express his love of pop culture fulltime as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. His 2009 film Fanboys, much to his surprise, became a cult phenomenon. These days Ernie lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, their daughter, and a large collection of classic video games. READY PLAYER ONE is his first novel.
ERNEST CLINE has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. His primary occupation, however, has always been geeking out, and he eventually threw aside those other promising career paths to express his love of pop culture fulltime as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. His 2009 film Fanboys, much to his surprise, became a cult phenomenon. These days Ernie lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, their daughter, and a large collection of classic video games. READY PLAYER ONE is his first novel.
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